I've shared with you a few days ago on this blog a nice cover franked with the surprising EUROPA 2012 souvenir sheet (with a hollowed stamp) issued by the Principality of Andorra (French Post).

Olivier (thank you very much !) was kind enough to send me this second letter below, mailed on June 12, 2012 from the parish of Escaldes-Engordany, this time franked with the EUROPA stamp issued by the Spanish Post in Andorra !

This stamp (€ 0.70, print run : 100,000) more classic, issued on April 4, 2012, is dedicated to the Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, located in the same parish of Escaldes, the only place in Andorra to be a UNESCO World Heritage site (since 2004).

As a reminder, the theme chosen for the EUROPA stamps issued in 2012 is "Visit..." and the Spanish Post in Andorra had the bright idea to make us discover this exceptional glacial valley.

According to UNESCO, "the cultural landscape of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley offers a
microcosmic perspective of the way people have harvested the resources
of the high Pyrenees over millennia".

This valley, located in the southeast of the Principality of Andorra, near the Spanish border, occupies about 10% of the country. It consists of beautiful mountain scenery, glaciers, lakes and wooded valleys. Marked by pastoralism (in example the shepherd's stone house on that stamp), this valley is characterized by a communal land-ownership system dating back to the 13th century.

To note that the French Post in Andorra had already issued stamps devoted to this same valley in 2004 and 2005.